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The Airshower from Airsonett is a self-contained mobile air purifier An air purifier is a device which removes contaminants from air. Whilst marketed as being of particularly beneficit to allergy sufferers and asthmatics and to reduce second-hand tobacco smoke.  that delivers "clean room" quality air directly to a resident's breathing zone. The Airsonett Airshower removes at least 99.95% of airborne particles greater than 0.3 micron such as viruses, bacteria, mite mite, small, often microscopic chelicerate that, along with the tick, makes up the order Acarina; it is also related to spiders. The unsegmented mite body is typically oval and compact, although a few, mostly parasites, are elongated and wormlike.  pollution, and pollen. Air from the Airsonett Airshower is lightly cooled one or two degrees below room temperature to descend de·scend  
v. de·scend·ed, de·scend·ing, de·scends

v.intr.
1. To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down.

2.
 slowly over the resident's head. Purified unmixed air is supplied directly to the breathing zone while contaminants are flushed away.

Purified air is delivered through the patented AirSon air-supply nozzle An orifice in an inkjet print head through which ink is sprayed onto the paper. Print heads with six thousand or more nozzles are common in today's printers.
Nozzle 
, positioned about 20" above the resident's head. The unit height is adjustable. The Airshower has a fine filter with a pre-ionizing chamber that results in HEPA-type filtration, a silent fan motor, an air cooler element, and an electronic module with control panel.

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Title Annotation:Product Spotlight
Publication:Nursing Homes
Date:Apr 1, 2004
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